Game



March 6, 1928.

A. P. RICHARDSON GAME Filed Dec. 8. 1927 Patented Mar. 6, 1928.

ALBERT EHABDS 9 SALEM. BROTHERS, we. r sewn, Ma sed sEr'rs;

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' Application filed December 8, 1987. Serial in. 238,521.

This invention repiws to games or toys and more particular y to so-called shooting games intended to test the children or adults art-icipating in the sport whichmay be con noted at short range within doors or at greater rangejoutdoors. The principal object of provide one or more targets adapted to be detachably mounted upon a standard in such manner that the will not be dislodged exce t by a direct it.

xcept as it is limited by the appended claims, the invention may be embo ied in articles of any desired shape or material, which may have comical ornamentation or configuration to appeal to childish fancy.

The projectile may be of any desired fornr or character, such as a ball thrown by hand, an arrow shot from a bow, or a free or'captive bullet propelled from a toy air gun. As illustrative of one form of the device, a suggested embodiment of the invention, as represented by a scarecrow standard and crow targets, is shown in the accompanyingdraww ings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation.of the standard having three targets removably attached thereto; I

Fig. 2 is a rear view of one of the targets;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary sec-.

tionon the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

The standard 5 as illustrated may be formed of any desired sheet material, such as a thin strip of wood, paper board or metal, and may have base recesses 6 adapted to fit in corresponding slots in a pair of wooden bases or may stantially upright position by a leg-brace or other device, in an obvious manner. The wood strip may be cut in the shape of a grotesque figure and may be faced with a sheet of paper designed and colored to represents scarecrow, as shown. It is apparent that the structure of the standard may be varied as desired, the purposes of this invention being satisfied so long as certain edge portions of the standard are sufiiciently thin to permit the attachment of the targets 7.

the marksmanship of the invention is to be supported ina sub The targets 7 may also befof wood or other suitable material and may be shaped and decorated to represent any suggested object, such as the three crows of the drawings. Each target is provided with a clamp member constructed andarranged removably to securethe target upon the edge of the stand ard 5, so that the target maybe attached to; the standard with sufiicient rigidity to pre vent casual dislodgement, yet loosely enough to permit it to be'knocked from the standard when struck by a forcibly propelled object. Accordingly a leaf spring 8 is preferably secured to the rear face of the target by a suitable fastening such as the tubular rivet or eyelet 9, so that the spring extends substantially parallel to the target toward, and preferably terminates near, one edge of the target, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The edges of the spring leaf may have bent side prongs l0 biting into the wood or other material to prevent the leaf from turning on the rivet 9 (Fig. fl). It will be understood that other fastening means may be employed, for example the prongs may be made long enough to (pass through the material of the standard an clench upon its front ing with the eyelet.

The targets are preferably applied so that they will rest in an upright position by clipping them over a substantially horizontal thin edge of the standard. Any desired number of targets may be used, and their location may be determined by the participants. When so attached, it will be found that a target will not be dislodges except by a direct hit; the jar caused by a hit upon the standard or upon another target will not be suflicient to overcome the grasp of the spring clamp. Success in the game accordingly depends upon skillful aiming. A toy air gun provided with a captive plug is perhaps the best type of weapon to employ 1n the game, but, as suggested above, other propelling means and other. sorts of bullets or other projectiles may be used as desired.

I claim: V r 1. A game target adapted to be applied to a standard, the targethaving a spring clamp for removably attaching it to an edge of the standard, so that the target will be dislodged only by a direct hit.

face, thus dispens- 2. A game target adapted to be applied to a standard having a thin edge, the target having a fiat spring extending substantially parallel to one side of the target for clamping it to the thin edge of the Standard.

3. A game target adapted to be applied to a standard having a thin edge, the target having a fiat spring rigidly attached to one side, said spring extending in a plane substantially parallel to said side and terminating adajacent an edge of the target, whereby the target may be removably clamped to the thin edge of the target by said spring. a. A game target adapted to be applied to a standard, the target and standard being formed of sheet material and the target having a leaf spring rigidly attached to one side, the spring extendingsubstantially parallel to said side and terminating near the edge of the target, whereby the target may ('3. A game target comprising in combina tion a standard formed of sheet material and having a thin edge, and a plurality of targets formed of sheet material and adapted to be removably attached to the standard in a plane parallel to the plane of thestandard, each target having a resilient clamp for holding it upon the thin'edge' of the standard. 1

Signed by me at Salem, Massachusetts,

this sixth day of December, 1927.

' ALBERT P. RICHARDSON. 

